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Liam Byrne vs Gareth Bacon

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Liam Byrne
Liam Byrne
Lab Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
vs
Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington

Voting alignment

Liam Byrne and Gareth Bacon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 959 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 931 different votes 959 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
16 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 5 No
Education 3% aligned 32 shared votes
6 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 94 No
Migration 3% aligned 118 shared votes
91 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

65.6 %
7 % below average
Rank 508 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
1,549
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
864
55.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
707
49.0 % of votes cast
685
44.2 % of votes cast
No votes
735
51.0 % of votes cast
6
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
22 years, 1 months
Since 15 Jul 2004
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

41
-36.9 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650
Appearances
52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
55
-83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 650
Contributions
65
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
£280,258
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£268,955
19 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#3
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Migration
133 of 171 votes
#5
Migration
146 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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